Best Prison movies of 1989

Actors : John Phillip Law, Nick Nicholson, Timothy Bottoms, Candy Raymond,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

Filipino actor Eddie Romero directs this arresting drama set during the Vietnam War. A handful of prisoners escape their captors but have to make their way through the thicket of the Vietnamese jungle.

Actors : Bebeng Amora, Eddie Bakal, Jess Bonzo, Angel Confiado,
Directors : Anthony Maharaj,

Ryan Travers (Richard Norton) has just been released from a prison in Bangkok, Thailand, after serving a five-year sentence for murder. His parents, running an antique shop in the area ...

Actors : John Van Dreelen, Brent Huff, Mary Stavin, Werner Pochath,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

Super tough Vietnam Veteran Sam Woods (Huff) is a survivor of a vicious prison camp where he was brutally and painfully tortured before finally managing to escape... See full synopsis »

Actors : Jane Higginson, Alisha Das, Robert Random, Jason Williams,
Directors : Geoffrey G. Bowers,

When Reaper, the leader of a murderous biker gang, is released from prison on a technicality, he swears revenge on Wade Olson, the undercover cop who put him there. And when Reaper swears ...

Actors : Beano, Angelyne, Ted Prior, Vincent Barbi,
Directors : Tony Zarindast,

When Bud McCall is framed for a drugs charge he ends up in prison and he must prove his innocence by testifying against his former police partner to put him and his gang behind bars for good.

Actors : Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Andy Lau, Alex Man, Kwok Keung Cheung,
Directors : Jing Wong,

Two cops are partnered together and decide to protect two beautiful women who are actually rivals--one, a woman released from prison, the other, an actress who's been targeted for rape--while in search of escaped murderous convicts.

Actors : Andy Lau, Ken Boyle, Siu Chung Mok, Elizabeth Lee,
Directors : Michael Mak,

Michal Mak's second sequel to his brother's action classic finds an ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner fleeing to Hong Kong and forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves.

Actors : Vera Sotnikova, Andrey Tolubeev, Oleksiy Gorbunov, Aleksei Volkov,
Directors : Villen Novak,

About battalions of penalized persons of times of World War II, month of service in which was equated by ten years of prison.

Actors : Raza Murad, Shashi Kapoor, Neelam Kothari, Govinda,
Directors : R.P. Swamy,

Honest, hardworking, and diligent Police Inspector Vikram, gets his just reward by being arrested for possesion of drugs. His mother gets a shock, and passes away instantly. Vikram is then ...

Actors : Andrei Gribenyuk, Vladimir Shevelyov, Yuriy Nazarov, Pavel Gromov,
Directors : Nikolai Gusarov,

A criminal drama set in the Soviet Union. Director of a Children's Theatre is sentenced to a prison term after a false accusation. He is spending his time locked up with a gang of teenagers...

Actors : Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Lung Ti, Olivia Cheng,
Directors : Raymond Lee,

Fourteen years ago, Wai Yat Ming (Ti Lung) went to the US to settle affairs for triad boss Sun (Bao Fang), but ended up in prison. Finally free again, Wai wants to start over with his ...

Actors : Mammootty, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Baiju, Mahesh,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

The movie revolves around a bunch of inmates in a Juvenile home and the movie depicts several corruptions happening in such a facility.

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure, Nirupa Roy, Shafi Inamdar,
Directors : Deven Verma,

Charged with the brutal killing of Savitri and Kutti, facing a death-sentence, or life in prison, accused Bombay taxi-driver, Satyaprakash Tripathi, prosecuted by his very own brother, ...